Score - not sure what?

Answered a local advert to take as much wood as you want in the local free ads. When i got there there were 4 trees down and cut into manageable pieces. Not sure what the wood is but its free.

The first picture is about 1/4 of what is there after I took my first load. Its heavier than pine but not as heavy as gum. i think its some type of soft wood. The second picture is much heavier wood and has a distinctive smell - a bit like coconut. Going back later for some more

I thought I had lost the collecting bug as it took me a few weeks to CSS the last load of free wood i got, but no the fever has struck again and its 102 deg F here tomorrow.

free is good....the more the better.

Was going to throw out a guess of Basswood, but then I saw you're on the other side of the earth, so I'll change to no frickin' clue. Sorry

That's a nice simple idea to use the old tire around that one you're splitting, love it, never seen that before!

Keeps the log from falling over

Aussie, grab those noodles too and put em in a sack in the garage, they are great fire starters.

check this guy out - obviously not hickory or gum

It dont take much time to end up with a bushel or two of those,when I'm roughing out blocks or slabs for woodturning etc.This time of year I keep a couple sacks in the garage/shop,2-3 more in the shed.Rest of the year I scatter them 2-3 inches thick in backyard around processing area & mulch around plants (everything but Black Walnut,that is toxic to most garden vegetables).

Very comfortable to walk on too,cushions your feet.

What the heck is that guy splitting with? Never seen one like that before, with the offset head, it twists every time it hits, but I assume thats the design of it.

Well, off to the local junk yard for a wide big tire, cheapest one he has! I learn something new every day on here!

What kind of wood were you noodeling out there Thistle, very pretty knotty grain and color!

Some type of birch I assume.
The guy has a website and sells them(~200L), I considered it before getting hydraulics

Sorry Gumtree, I have no idea what kind of wood you collected. Austrailia is a whole new world of trees, none of which grow here in the eastern US. I guess it is spring down there, the perfect time to get free firewood. Nobody around here is thinking about firewood in the spring. Well, the guys on this forum are thinking about firewood, but not many others are.

That and one more will make two of those axes I have ever seen. I understand the principle of it, but I am not sure how it would hold up for our hickory splits around here.

Looks like Eastern Red Cedar

my exact response

You must have missed the part where he said " the fever has struck again and its 102 deg F here tomorrow."
Not my idea of the perfect time, that's for sure Have c/s/s into the 90's, but I'm quite sure I would pass out seconds after I strapped on the chaps at 102.

Yup. The last time I fell and blocked a tree when it was above 80 degrees I said I will never cut again in the summer or early fall. No more heat or bugs for me while cutting. It is so nice to cut when all the bugs are gone and especially when the ground is frozen. And now we are not getting anywhere near the snow we use to get. (Knocking on wood right now!)

102° f
Well into summer temps eh?
Keep hydrated

Hot months yet to come, hurry & get the wood split so it'll dry fast. LOL

-8° f here last night. Shortest day only 2 weeks away.
Thinking I like -8° over 102°. I can throw on another layer.

That is a great price on the wood though Auzzie! Would you like us to send you some snow when we get it. Better yet, Dave could send it to you now. How much snow you got up there bogy?

Eastern Red Cedar/Juniper. About 19 months since bringing it home,that was 1 of 3 big rounds left.Not much smell now,its very faint.

I used bungee cords before I got the log splitter. Helps from chasing splits all the time
Never thought of an ol' tire before though.
Love it!

None here. Just cold.

Forecast some this week end. Maybe?

I had never thought of that i will give it a go - I'm sure i will get some strange looks as i get some now when i tell people I'm collecting firewood in summer. I give up telling people it's a year round job. Thats a topic for another thread.

The tyre works well - my only problem is getting the wood small enough to fit inside the tyre. I used to use the Bungee straps but i kept splitting the strap as well as the wood. I am a little more accurate now so i might give that a go again.

Some of the wood split like a dream but some of it i had to split against the grain as everytime i tried to split with the grain the Fiskas got stuck. It was a hard work but hopefully it will be worth it.

Just watched that video - I don't think there are many types of wood that can be split that easy. I would like to see him have a go with some of the stuff I have to split.

I made a tire bigger by cutting out one side wall an inch or so in from the tread, cut the bead out of the other side wall & star that side wall
Then turn it inside out
Here's the one I use sometimes, made from an ATV tire: